The New York Photo Festival creates an international atmosphere of inspiring visual installations, professional and aficionado fellowship and camaraderie, and symposia in New York City. The festival was founded by Daniel Power, a founder of powerHouse Books; and Frank Evers, VII Photo Agency. Pentagram designed the graphic identity and festival guide.
The inaugural NYPH (May 14–18) proved an astounding success, with over 15,000 tickets sold, 2,500 industry professionals and artists, 1,000 members of the international press, 20 countries represented in curated and satellite pavilions, 85,000 clicked site visits, 47,000 blog posts, 2.5 million unique visits to www.nyphotofestival.com, 49 media partners, and over 3,000 submissions from 87 countries for the New York Photo Awards.
Curators of the inaugural NYPH were Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography of the New York Times; Martin Parr, photographer; Leslie A. Martin, Publisher, Aperture Foundation; and Tim Barber, photographer, publisher of tinyvices.com.